What is Orienteering?
The sport of skilled navigation, orienteering is a timed challenge through unfamiliar terrain to find a series of checkpoints (called controls) and return to the finish.
The only tools you're allowed - a detailed map with the course and controls on it (given to you at the start), a compass, and your brain. The rest is up to you. Usually on foot, but sometimes on skis, snowshoes, or mountain bike, orienteering can be as extreme, or as leisurely, as you like. Learn More!
Try an Event
Getting started in our sport is easy. You can come out to one of our clinics, join one of our training programs, or jump right in and give one of our events a go. All of our events are beginner and family friendly.
Any of the events in the following series
would be excellent ones to start with:
Find your Program
Want to improve your orienteering? Stay in shape while using your brain? Orienteering Ottawa has programs for orienteers of all ages and abilities.
Here are a few of our most popular programs:
- Learn to Orienteer
- Instructional Clinics for all ages 5-85 More Details
- Youth Programs
- Spring and Fall sessions for ages 6-18.
No experience required. More Details - Racing Programs
- Training and racing programs for
competitive athletes. More Details - Adult Programs
- Basic, Intermediate and Advanced Levels
- More Details
Important Updates
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13-02-2024Early Bird deadline for the Orienteering Festival is coming soon - accommodations update and more...
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30-01-2024We have news updates from the Orienteering Canada Fetival 2024 with the Canadian Orienteering Championships and North American Championships August 3-11, 2024.
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01-02-2024The 2023 Orienteering Ottawa Club Awards were presented at the Orienteering Ottawa Annual General Meeting (AGM) on January 28, 2024.
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01-02-2024The 2023 AGM held Sunday, January 28, reviewed the successes and needs of Orienteering Ottawa. Read of highlights of the meeting.
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23-01-2024The 2023 awards committee is introducing a new award "Event of the Year" to recognize some of the hard work put in by our many event organizers. The awards will be presented Sunday after the AGM. ...
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